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Decide and Conquer brings together all the practical skills you need to make the best possible decisions every day. This quick, concise book identifies every key obstacle to quality decision-making... and shows exactly how to overcome them. Discover how your personality impacts your decision-making... why instincts and experience can lead you astray... how to simplify complicated decisions without oversimplifying them... and much more. You'll use...
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Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Drawing on her breakthrough research with 115 CEOs, Luda Kopeikina offers practical, proven techniques for structuring decisions, achieving clarity about the real issues involved, and using that clarity to improve the quality of every decision you make. Kopeikina begins by defining clarity in decision-making, identifying five root causes for decision difficulty, and introducing the "Clarity State": that singular moment of focus where things fall into...
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English
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Intimate interviews and broad survey data reveal that the leaders who stand out are the ones who fearlessly face the decisions that characterize career turning points. Amazingly, the people who break through barriers to transform industries encounter -- and effectively confront -- the same five critical decisions. Tang Peters shows you how five inspiring and approachable leaders made the choices that cemented their legacies.
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English
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Leaders hear 'yes' far too often. They don't hear bad news until it's too late. They think they've achieved consensus, then find their decisions undermined by colleagues who never really bought in. They become isolated: even high-risk or illegal actions can go unquestioned. It's an enormous problem--for leaders, for teams, for the entire organization--but it's not inevitable. Harvard Business professor Roberto shows how to stimulate honest, constructive...
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Publisher
FT Press
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English
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One of the world's leading experts in behavioral finance and economics illuminates the irrational behavior that costs investors so much money, demonstrates why instinctual decision-making can be so costly, and shows how to avoid disastrous subjective biases in one's own financial decision-making.
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
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English
Description
"Money manager Ken Fisher highlights the most common money mistakes people make and reveals how to avoid them In Debunkery: Learn It, Do It, and Profit from it Seeing Through Wall Streets Money-Killing Myths, legendary money manager Ken Fisher outlines the most common-and costly-mistakes made by individuals who think they are doing the right thing. In several short, accessible chapters, this book discusses each myth/mistake, proves why it's actually...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"Nearly every week we read about a tragedy or scandal that could have been prevented if individuals had said no to ill-advised or illegitimate orders. In this timely book, Ira Chaleff explores when and how to disobey inappropriate orders, reduce unacceptable risk, and find better ways to achieve legitimate goals.The inspiration for the book, and its title, comes from the concept of intelligent disobedience used in guide dog training. Guide dogs must...
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